Women's Lacrosse Falls at Castleton 20-8
Castleton, VT - Senior Stephanie Pearce (Shoreham, NY) scored
five goals to lead nine different Spartans in the scoring column as
Castleton State College defeated Framingham State College 20-8 in
New England Women’s Lacrosse Alliance (NEWLA) action Saturday
evening at Spartan Stadium.
With the win the Spartans improve to 11-5 overall and 5-1 in
conference play, while Framingham State falls to 5-6, 1-3.
Castleton opened up a 6-1 lead 17 minutes into the contest and
never looked back on senior night. Marie VanDerKar (Manchester, VT)
opened the scoring five minutes into the contest, and Stephanie
Paproski (Newtown, CT) scored two minutes later off a an assist
from senior Nicole Adams (Rutland, VT). Stephanie Corrales
(Framingham, MA) cut the lead in half,
scoring her 25th goal of the season. Castleton answered with
four-straight, including two from Pearce, and led 10-4 at the
interval.
Castleton pushed its lead to 15-4 with 20 minutes left in the
game, and cruised the rest of the way.
VanDerKar finished with four goals, six ground balls and five
caused turnovers, while Angelica Mazzola (Centerport, NY) added
three goals and two assists. Paproski finished with three goals and
one assist, and Adams ended up with one goal and three assists.
Aimee Goulette (Baldwinsville, NY), Corinne Healy (Jefferson
Township, NJ) and Elizabeth Haggerty (Centerport, NY) each
contributed one goal and one assist to round out the multi-point
scorers.
Kerry Kiley (Mansfield, MA) scored a game-high six goals to lead
the Rams, while Corrales added an assist to her goal and Chelsea
Temple (Rutland, VT) chipped in a single marker.
Framingham State netminder Kelsey Turner (Billerica, MA) stopped
14 shots in the loss, while Lily Derbyshire (Little Compton, RI)
stopped four in the win.
Castleton owned a 40-15 edge in shots, and forced 30 Ram turnovers
to just 16 of their own.
Castleton will wrap up its regular season on May 1 when the
Spartans travel to Worcester State for a 1:00 p.m. NEWLA match
up.
Framingham State plays host to Elms College on April 27 at 4:00
p.m. in NEWLA action.
Release courtesy of Castleton Sports Information.